Must Reads
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
There is so much to read, so much to know, so many sources to follow. And the volume of news and information just keeps growing exponentially. How to keep up? Even more, how to rediscover the serendipity of learning something new and interesting for its own sake?
Here, for your enjoyment and interest, are the articles Temin and Company considers “must reads.” They are primarily on the topics of reputation and crisis management, the media, leadership and strategy, perception and psychology, self-presentation, science, girls and women, organizational behavior and other articles of interest.
They are listed below with the most recent articles first, and to the side, by category.
We hope you enjoy them and would appreciate your comments. And whenever you have any favorite articles for us to add, please let us know so that we might include them for other readers to enjoy.
How Nations Can Be United With Social Media
Alex Fitzpatrick, Mashable, January 14, 2012
This article summarizes the United Nation’s use of social media through an interview with the social media manager at the UN headquarters in New York, Nancy Groves. […read more]
The Rise of the New Groupthink
Susan Cain, The New York Times, January 13, 2012
“SOLITUDE is out of fashion. Our companies, our schools and our culture are in thrall to an idea I call the New Groupthink, which holds that creativity and achievement come from an oddly gregarious place. Most of us now work in teams, in offices without walls, for managers who prize people skills above all. Lone geniuses are out. Collaboration is in.” […read more]
Do We Need Doctors Or Algorithms?
Vinod Khosla, TechCrunch, January 10, 2012
Vinod Khosla, a reputable Silicon Valley investor, writes on the benefits of cooperation between doctors and Artificial intelligence. He reveals both hope for the future and an evaluation of the hypothetical introduction of artificial intelligence in hospitals. (Part II of a series.) […read more]
The Economist Debates: Women & Work
Linda Basch, Christina Hoff Sommers and Barbara Beck, The Economist, January 10, 2012
Linda Basch (President, National Council for Research on Women) and Christina Hoff Sommers (Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute) debate whether women belong in the workplace, or that women “do not have an assigned place – workplace or otherwise” and are free to choose where they wish to be. […read more]
Don’t Like All Your Employees?
Geil Browning, Inc Magazine, January 10, 2012
A great article about the importance of diverse perspectives and personalities in the office. Relevant to teambuilding, strategy, and for corporate boards. […read more]
New Year’s Resolution Reading List: 9 Books on Reading and Writing
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, January 9, 2012
A “year of reading more and writing better”: 9 books on reading and writing. […read more]
Dickens, Twain, Kerouac, Warhol: 400 Years of New York Diaries
Maria Popova, Brainpickings.org, January 6, 2012
Popova reviews New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009, an anthology by Teresa Carpenter featuring accounts of New York by individuals such as Jack Kerouac, Mark Twain, and Thomas Edison. […read more]
Situations Matter: How Context Shapes Our Lives
Maria Popova, Brain Pickings, January 3, 2012
Maria Popova writes on Sam Sommers’ Situations Matter: Understanding How Context Transforms Your World, a book about giving us a “more profound understanding of not only ourselves but also the people in our lives and the complex interpersonal dynamics that underpin our world.” […read more]
Japan probe finds nuclear disaster response failed
Yuri Kageyama, Associated Press, December 26, 2011
Further Japanese investigation into the post-tsunami meltdown of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant showed many, many issues related to the crisis have come to light, especially related to the safety of Nuclear Reactors in Japan and the whole story holds many lessons about the do’s and don’ts of crisis management. […read more]
Christmas in our Souls
Reputation Matters, Forbes, December 25, 2011
Christmas is for everyone. Taken in their most universal sense, the gifts of grace, salvation through sacrifice, God’s love in the world, redemption, service, goodness, moral center, hope and joy are transcendent.
And I am thankful that, perhaps, we are approaching a time when religion is no longer used to divide us, or make one of us superior to another…rather it can be shared across cultures, belief systems, and experience to lift us all. […read more]